Hungarian Grammar For Beginners

Suffixes / Postpositions, Adverbs of Time, The Suffix -kor

The suffix -kor determines a certain period. It is called TEMPORAL CASE. Not to be confused with the noun kór written with long ó, which means disease! But there’s another noun kor with short o, which means age, era!

kór – disease
kor – age, era, period–kor – preposition at

It has one form only! The question word is Mikor? = When? Examples:

Mikor? – When?éjfélkor – at midnightszürkületkor – at nightfallnapnyugtakor, napkeltekor – at sunset, at sunrisepirkadatkor – at dawnHatkor találkozunk. – I’ll see you at six.karácsonykor – at Christmashúsvétkor – at Eastermáskor – another timebármikor – whenever; at all hoursilyenkor – at this time; in this case

Of course, it can be attached to the pronouns ez, az: ekkor, akkor.

ekkor = then, at this time
akkor = then, at that time

Other periods of day or season are expressed in a different way. Either with -ban, -ben or -n, -on, -en, -ön or there’s just a word for them.

hajnalban – at dawndélben – at noontélen – in winternyáron – in summerdélelőtt – in the morningdélután – in the afternoon